News from December 12. Philadelphia recalled Craig Brackins from the NBADL. Oklahoma City recalled Byron Mullens from the NBADL. Oklahoma City activated Byron Mullens and placed Nenad Krstic (lower back sprain) on IL. New Jersey activated Stephen Graham and Derrick Favors and placed Troy Murphy and Damion James (broken right foot) on IL. James is scheduled to undergo surgery today (Monday). LAL 99, NJ 92 at NJ Lamar Odom (LAL) had 22 points including 9-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 15 points including 6-19 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 32 points including 11-13 FT, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 25 points and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Devin Harris (NJ) had 16 points including 6-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. OKC 106, Cle 77 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 25 points including 10-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jeff Green (OKC) had 19 points. James Harden (OKC) had 19 points including 6-8 FG Anthony Parker (Cle) had 12 points. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 7 points and 16 rebounds including 9 offensive. OKC shot 53.2% (41-77) FG and Cle shot 33.8% (26-77) FG. SA 95, Por 78 at SA Tony Parker (SA) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 18 points. George Hill (SA) had 22 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Wes Matthews (Por) had 17 points. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. SA shot 22-26 FT and Por shot 7-11 FT. Orl 94, LAC 85 at LAC Brandon Bass (Orl) had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 22 points on 8-11 FG and 6-13 FT and 8 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 17 points and 9 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 27 points including 5-11 FT, 16 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 assists. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 28 points and 8 assists. Chris Duhon (Orl, lower back strain) did not play. NY 129, Den 125 at NY Wilson Chandler (NY) had 27 points including 10-17 FG and 5-9 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 30 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Landry Fields (NY) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Raymond Felton (NY) had 19 points and 17 assists. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 31 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Nene (Den) had 26 points on 9-13 FG and 8-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Al Harrington (Den) had 19 points and 5 assists. Phi 88, NO 70 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Elton Brand (Phi) had 15 points and 13 rebounds. Louis Williams (Phi) had 17 points. Trevor Ariza (NO) had 5 points on 2-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 25 points. Phi shot 42.9% (33-77) FG and NO shot 30.4% (24-79) FG. Phi out-scored NO 45-23 in the 1st half. Schedule for Monday, December 13 (All times Central) New Orleans @ Miami 6:30 pm Indiana @ Chicago 7:00 pm NBATV Portland @ Memphis 7:00 pm Milwaukee @ Dallas 7:30 pm Golden State @ Utah 8:00 pm Schedule for Tuesday, December 14 (All times Central) Toronto @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ New Jersey 6:00 pm LA Lakers @ Washington 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Detroit 6:30 pm Sacramento @ Houston 7:30 pm Orlando @ Denver 8:00 pm Minnesota @ Golden State 9:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html